Droopsnoot you wrote:
Streamline's comments are sadly misinformed. Emirates procedures were drawn up by their own pilots, working under a project pilot for each of the new fleets, 777 and A330-200.
It became clear if only because the flood of amendments which accompany the first couple of years in service.
There was never anything but co-operation and support from the manufacturers, whose follow up inspections of EK operations were very, very complimentary.
Here endeth the facts.
You clearly admit that it had been different at a certain stage.
The fact is that some pilots visited the Boeing chalet at the Dubai air-show and discussed the items with the chief pilots. Their answer was very clearly the current SOP do not belong in a Boeing cockpit and that’s the end of it.
Another high ranked politically as well as in the EK structure TCE had the same remarks. I can not give his name but I will if it comes to it.
If things are any different now then that’s because a couple of F/O had stuck their neck out for it and that’s the facts in the right order my friend.
7x7 you wrote:
God, give the Emirates bashing a rest. They NEVER flew to BA SOP. You might have, but the rest of the company didn't.
Which might explain a few things.
I have a fax right in front of me from Boeing, addressed the BCTC at EK and myself.
It clearly states that Saudi Arabian Airlines wanted some SOP for their B 777 and that Boeing had advised them to contact EK as related to their new course material.
It may be worth to refresh your memory that I wrote that material myself and discussed it during a 5 hour meeting with the Boeing standards chief pilot.
Things do not change if someone does not take an initiative and put a bit of pressure from time to time.
You know 7x7 that reality is quite different and that I deserve much more credit than I got so far.
I was never out of line when on the flight deck.
Maybe my opinions were different then what was on paper (I was definitely not the only one) but I applied them to the letter getting a command recommendation on my first PPC.
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Smooth Trimmer
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